We must not be afraid - v2

We must not be afraid,
in our times of struggle, in trials,
God goes with us, before us,
God is by our side…
 
Be strong and courageous,
do not turn, do not waver,
stay on the path God has written,
for God is by our side…
 
We must not be afraid,
we are called to act boldly,
God goes with us, before us,
God is by our side…
 
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Edited August 21, 2024
We must not be afraid – v2
 
Based on #Deuteronomy31:1-8
Based on #Joshua1:1-9
July 11, 2024
We must not be afraid
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/we-must-not-be-afraid.html
Edited July 11, 2024
You will lead My people – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/you-will-lead-my-people-v2.html
July 11, 2024
You will lead My people
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/you-will-lead-my-people.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 202 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, faith, love, grace, hope, calling, purpose, Moses, Joshua, Joshua 1, Deuteronomy 31, strong, courageous, Israel, Promised Land,
 
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We must not be afraid

We must not be afraid
In times of struggle, in trials,
God goes with us, before us,
God is by our side…
 
Be strong and courageous,
Do not turn, do not waver,
Stay on the path God has written,
God is by our side…
 
--------------  
July 11, 2024
We must not be afraid
 
Edited July 11, 2024
You will lead My people – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/you-will-lead-my-people-v2.html
July 11, 2024
You will lead My people
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/you-will-lead-my-people.html
Based on #Deuteronomy31:1-8
Based on #Joshua1:1-9
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 202 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, faith, love, grace, hope, calling, purpose, Moses, Joshua, Joshua 1, Deuteronomy 31, strong, courageous, Israel, Promised Land,
 
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You will lead My people – v2

I have anointed you for a purpose
I have washed you with power
You will lead My people home,
Into the Promised Land…
 
Be strong and courageous
Do not doubt, take heart,
For I am within you always
I will make straight your steps…
 
You will lead My people
Into the Promised Land,
Be strong and courageous,
Take heart, I am by your side…
 
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Edited July 11, 2024
You will lead My people – v2
 
July 11, 2024
You will lead My people
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/you-will-lead-my-people.html
Based on #Deuteronomy31:1-8
Based on #Joshua1:1-9
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 202 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, faith, love, grace, hope, calling, purpose, Moses, Joshua, Joshua 1, Deuteronomy 31, strong, courageous, Israel, Promised Land,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #faith #love #grace #hope #calling #purpose #Moses #Joshua #Israel #PromisedLand #strong #courageous

You will lead My people

I have anointed you for a purpose
I have washed you with power
You will lead My people home,
Into the Promised Land…
 
Be strong and courageous
Do not doubt, take heart,
For I am within you always
I will make straight your steps…
 
--------------  
July 11, 2024
You will lead My people
 
Based on #Deuteronomy31:1-8
Based on Joshua 1:1-9
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 202 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, faith, love, grace, hope, calling, purpose, Moses, Joshua, Joshua 1, Deuteronomy 31,
 
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Hear, oh #Israel, and be careful to obey

Listen to the words of Moses,
To the commandments of your God,
Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey,
All that He has told you,
All that God has commanded,
To receive your inheritance,
To abide in this Promised Land…
 
Listen, oh, Israel, to these ancient words,
To the promise of a land of milk and honey,
For an earthly kingdom, a place,
That you did not create, but a land
Promised to your ancestors,
If you listen, if you are careful to obey,
All that God has commanded…
 
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Edited April 27, 2024
Hear, oh Israel, and be careful to obey
 
April 26, 2024
Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/hear-israel-and-be-careful-to-obey.html
Based on Deuteronomy 6:3
Deuteronomy 6:6-7
Deuteronomy 6:1-25
Edited April 26, 2024
May we breathe Your Words – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/may-we-breathe-your-words-v4.html
April 26, 2024
May Your words be on our lips
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/may-your-words-be-on-our-lips.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 202 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey

Listen to the words of Moses,
To the commandments of your God,
Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey,
All that he has told you,
All that God has commanded,
To receive your inheritance,
To abide in the Promised Land…
 
Listen, oh, Israel, to these ancient words,
To the promise of a land of milk and honey,
For an earthly kingdom, a place,
That you did not create, but a place
Promised to your ancestors,
If you listen, if you are careful to obey,
All that God has commanded…
 
---------------  
April 26, 2024
Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey
 
Based on Deuteronomy 6:3
Deuteronomy 6:6-7
Deuteronomy 6:1-25
Edited April 26, 2024
May we breathe Your Words – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/may-we-breathe-your-words-v4.html
April 26, 2024
May Your words be on our lips
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/may-your-words-be-on-our-lips.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 202 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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A Voice in the Cloud

Descending in meeting,
In conversation with His anointed,
A Voice in the cloud, God’s Presence,
The living Lord, the Creator.
 
A Voice in the cloud, God’s Presence,
Not showing His face to him,
Talking to him as a friend,
The Living Lord, the Creator.
 
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March 4, 2024
A Voice in the Cloud
 
Based on Exodus 33:11,

and Exodus 33:20

 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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Like water chiseling stone

Persistently, slowly, relentlessly,
God changes our hatred into love,
even love for our enemies,
like water chiseling stone.
 
God softens our hard places,
our edges, the danger of our emotions;
God reshapes, God reforms our clay,
our bodies Into God’s image.
 
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Edited January 7, 2024
Like water chiseling stone
 
Edited January 7, 2024
Like water chiseling rock – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/like-water-chiseling-rock-v2.html
January 7, 2024
Like water chiseling rock
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/like-water-chiseling-rock.html
Edited January 7, 2024
In His Ministry – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/in-his-ministry-v4.html
edited January 20, 2015
In His Ministry – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/in-his-ministry-v3.html
(editing version 1 again)
January 21, 2013
In His Ministry – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/in-his-ministry-v2.html
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
and his final speech before his assassination
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oehry1JC9Rk&feature=youtu.be
and Inauguration of the President
Barack Hussein Obama
Invocation
by Myrlie Evers-Williams
http://bcove.me/ugv9l9qy
Inaugural Address
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/president-barack-obamas-2013-inaugural-address-full-text-86497.html
&
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/01/not-just-dream-reality.html
&
several poems written in 2009
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/search/label/Martin%20Luther%20King
on the juxtaposition of the
80^th birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
and the inauguration of Barack Obama
as President of the United States of America
January 18, 2009
In His Ministry
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/01/in-his-ministry.html
the message, “It’s not just a dream but a reality”
on the sign in front of church,
the story of Moses and Joshua,
Deuteronomy 34:1-12
Joshua 1:1-9
along with
Micah 4:1-4
Matthew 5:43-48
the sermon, “Love Your Who???”,
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson,
Suncook United Methodist Church, Suncook, NH,
and the hypothetical put to Eric Holder, nominee for Attorney General,
by Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) on the use of waterboarding,
January 15, 2009, during his Senate Confirmation Hearings,
see http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/cornyn-holder-waterboard/
&
edited January 19, 2015
Changing the Wind – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/changing-wind-v3.html
(merging edits to original and version 2)
Edited July 22, 2013
changing the wind – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/changing-wind-v2.html
December 7, 2007
changing the wind
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/12/changing-wind.html
Based on the comments of Jim Wallis on
Speaking of Faith, November 29, 2007
http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/jimwallis/index.shtml
He was talking about whether to change politicians
or change the wind, to change the public opinion
which guides politics. He used the example
of President Johnson’s statement to the
Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that it would
take 5 years for a voting rights bill but
it actually took 5 months to pass the Voting Rights Act,
after the March in Selma.
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
poetry, America, Barack Obama, dream, faith, Family, God, hope, joy, Joshua, justice, love, Martin Luther King, MLK, Obama, prayer, President Obama, savior, Moses, Inauguration,
 
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Like water chiseling rock – v2

Persistently, slowly, relentlessly,
God changes our hate into love,
even love for our enemies,
like water chiseling rock.
 
God softens our hard places,
our edges, the danger of our emotions,
God reshapes, God reforms our clay,
our bodies Into God’s image.
 
---------------
Edited January 7, 2024
Like water chiseling rock – v2
 
January 7, 2024
Like water chiseling rock
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/like-water-chiseling-rock.html
Edited January 7, 2024
In His Ministry – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/in-his-ministry-v4.html
edited January 20, 2015
In His Ministry – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/in-his-ministry-v3.html
(editing version 1 again)
January 21, 2013
In His Ministry – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/in-his-ministry-v2.html
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
and his final speech before his assassination
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oehry1JC9Rk&feature=youtu.be
and Inauguration of the President
Barack Hussein Obama
Invocation
by Myrlie Evers-Williams
http://bcove.me/ugv9l9qy
Inaugural Address
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/president-barack-obamas-2013-inaugural-address-full-text-86497.html
&
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/01/not-just-dream-reality.html
&
several poems written in 2009
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/search/label/Martin%20Luther%20King
on the juxtaposition of the
80^th birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
and the inauguration of Barack Obama
as President of the United States of America
January 18, 2009
In His Ministry
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/01/in-his-ministry.html
the message, “It’s not just a dream but a reality”
on the sign in front of church,
the story of Moses and Joshua,
Deuteronomy 34:1-12
Joshua 1:1-9
along with
Micah 4:1-4
Matthew 5:43-48
the sermon, “Love Your Who???”,
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson,
Suncook United Methodist Church, Suncook, NH,
and the hypothetical put to Eric Holder, nominee for Attorney General,
by Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) on the use of waterboarding,
January 15, 2009, during his Senate Confirmation Hearings,
see http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/cornyn-holder-waterboard/
&
edited January 19, 2015
Changing the Wind – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/changing-wind-v3.html
(merging edits to original and version 2)
Edited July 22, 2013
changing the wind – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/changing-wind-v2.html
December 7, 2007
changing the wind
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/12/changing-wind.html
Based on the comments of Jim Wallis on
Speaking of Faith, November 29, 2007
http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/jimwallis/index.shtml
He was talking about whether to change politicians
or change the wind, to change the public opinion
which guides politics. He used the example
of President Johnson’s statement to the
Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that it would
take 5 years for a voting rights bill but
it actually took 5 months to pass the Voting Rights Act,
after the March in Selma.
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
poetry, America, Barack Obama, dream, faith, Family, God, hope, joy, Joshua, justice, love, Martin Luther King, MLK, Obama, prayer, President Obama, savior, Moses, Trump, Biden,
 
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Like water chiseling rock

Slowly, relentless, persistent,
changing hate into love,
even love for our enemies,
like water chiseling rock.
 
Softening the hard places,
the edges, the danger,
reshaping, reforming our clay,
our bodies Into God’s image.
 
---------------
January 7, 2024
Like water chiseling rock
 
Edited January 7, 2024
In His Ministry – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/in-his-ministry-v4.html
edited January 20, 2015
In His Ministry – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/in-his-ministry-v3.html
(editing version 1 again)
January 21, 2013
In His Ministry – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/in-his-ministry-v2.html
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
and his final speech before his assassination
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oehry1JC9Rk&feature=youtu.be
and Inauguration of the President
Barack Hussein Obama
Invocation
by Myrlie Evers-Williams
http://bcove.me/ugv9l9qy
Inaugural Address
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/president-barack-obamas-2013-inaugural-address-full-text-86497.html
&
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/01/not-just-dream-reality.html
&
several poems written in 2009
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/search/label/Martin%20Luther%20King
on the juxtaposition of the
80^th birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
and the inauguration of Barack Obama
as President of the United States of America
January 18, 2009
In His Ministry
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/01/in-his-ministry.html
the message, “It’s not just a dream but a reality”
on the sign in front of church,
the story of Moses and Joshua,
Deuteronomy 34:1-12
Joshua 1:1-9
along with
Micah 4:1-4
Matthew 5:43-48
the sermon, “Love Your Who???”,
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson,
Suncook United Methodist Church, Suncook, NH,
and the hypothetical put to Eric Holder, nominee for Attorney General,
by Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) on the use of waterboarding,
January 15, 2009, during his Senate Confirmation Hearings,
see http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/cornyn-holder-waterboard/
&
edited January 19, 2015
Changing the Wind – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/changing-wind-v3.html
(merging edits to original and version 2)
Edited July 22, 2013
changing the wind – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/changing-wind-v2.html
December 7, 2007
changing the wind
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/12/changing-wind.html
Based on the comments of Jim Wallis on
Speaking of Faith, November 29, 2007
http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/jimwallis/index.shtml
He was talking about whether to change politicians
or change the wind, to change the public opinion
which guides politics. He used the example
of President Johnson’s statement to the
Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that it would
take 5 years for a voting rights bill but
it actually took 5 months to pass the Voting Rights Act,
after the March in Selma.
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
poetry, America, Barack Obama, dream, faith, Family, God, hope, joy, Joshua, justice, love, Martin Luther King, MLK, Obama, prayer, President Obama, savior, Moses, Inauguration,
 
#poetry #America #BarackObama #dream #faith #Family #God #hope #joy #Joshua #justice #love #MLK #MLKDay #PresidentObama #Moses #Inauguration
 
 

In His Ministry – v4

In his ministry, echoes, reflections,
mirroring the Savior’s words
the path that the Christ walked,
living out the words proclaimed
on the mountainside in his sermon
the words of love, even for our enemies,
even those actively tormenting, persecuting us,
those who would harm us, for being who we are.
 
These words, guiding his steps, his ministry,
his non-violent response, to the violence,
to the oppression, that right would triumph,
that the just God would watch over
all of God’s people, that we as a nation,
would overcome the legacy of hate,
that Christ’s love, His example,
preached on the mountainside,
would transform the world, finally,
enemies no more, living together,
together walking across that divide,
into a promised land of peace.
 
Struggling when there was darkness,
continuing in the work of our brother,
bringing hope into the dark world,
never giving up, always trusting in God,
ever honoring the Master’s call,
changing hate into love,
even love for our enemies,
like water chiseling rock.
 
=====
Edited January 7, 2024
In His Ministry – v4
 
edited January 20, 2015
In His Ministry – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/in-his-ministry-v3.html
(editing version 1 again)
January 21, 2013
In His Ministry – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/in-his-ministry-v2.html
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
and his final speech before his assassination
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oehry1JC9Rk&feature=youtu.be
and Inauguration of the President
Barack Hussein Obama
Invocation
by Myrlie Evers-Williams
http://bcove.me/ugv9l9qy
Inaugural Address
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/president-barack-obamas-2013-inaugural-address-full-text-86497.html
&
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/01/not-just-dream-reality.html
&
several poems written in 2009
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/search/label/Martin%20Luther%20King
on the juxtaposition of the
80^th birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
and the inauguration of Barack Obama
as President of the United States of America
January 18, 2009
In His Ministry
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/01/in-his-ministry.html
the message, “It’s not just a dream but a reality”
on the sign in front of church,
the story of Moses and Joshua,
Deuteronomy 34:1-12
Joshua 1:1-9
along with
Micah 4:1-4
Matthew 5:43-48
the sermon, “Love Your Who???”,
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson,
Suncook United Methodist Church, Suncook, NH,
and the hypothetical put to Eric Holder, nominee for Attorney General,
by Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) on the use of waterboarding,
January 15, 2009, during his Senate Confirmation Hearings,
see http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/cornyn-holder-waterboard/
&
edited January 19, 2015
Changing the Wind – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/changing-wind-v3.html
(merging edits to original and version 2)
Edited July 22, 2013
changing the wind – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/changing-wind-v2.html
December 7, 2007
changing the wind
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/12/changing-wind.html
Based on the comments of Jim Wallis on
Speaking of Faith, November 29, 2007
http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/jimwallis/index.shtml
He was talking about whether to change politicians
or change the wind, to change the public opinion
which guides politics. He used the example
of President Johnson’s statement to the
Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that it would
take 5 years for a voting rights bill but
it actually took 5 months to pass the Voting Rights Act,
after the March in Selma.
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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Claiming Martin - v4 (repost)

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/claiming-martin-v2.html

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

and his final speech before his assassination

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oehry1JC9Rk&feature=youtu.be

and Inauguration of the President

Barack Hussein Obama

&

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/01/not-just-dream-reality.html

&

several poems written in 2009

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/search/label/Martin%20Luther%20King

written January 17, 2009

Claiming Martin

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/01/claiming-martin.html

on the juxtaposition of the

80^th birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.

and the inauguration of Barack Obama

as President of the United States of America

&

edited January 19, 2015

Changing the Wind – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/changing-wind-v3.html

(merging edits to original and version 2)

Edited July 22, 2013

“changing the wind – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/changing-wind-v2.html

December 7, 2007

“changing the wind”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/12/changing-wind.html

Based on the comments of Jim Wallis on

Speaking of Faith, November 29, 2007

http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/jimwallis/index.shtml

He was talking about whether to change politicians

or change the wind, to change the public opinion

which guides politics. He used the example

of President Johnson’s statement to the

Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that it would

take 5 years for a voting rights bill but

it actually took 5 months to pass the Voting Rights Act,

after the March in Selma.

All of my poems and photographs are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016. All rights reserved. Contact me at <a href="mailto:raymondafoss@gmail.com">Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)</a> for usage. See all 40,710+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

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they were commissioned – v2

they were forgiven

they were commissioned

sent forth to serve

God’s chosen people

priests, Aaron and his children

sent to be the priesthood

to lead God’s people

to guide them to God

they were commissioned

to be God’s hand and feet

to walk with God’s people

while here on the earth

==============

edited September 28, 2019

they were commissioned – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/09/they-were-commissioned-v2.html

March 15, 2019

they were commissioned

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/they-were-commissioned.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1106643248557289481

March 15, 2019

God forgave them

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/god-forgave-them.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1106526277383667712

March 15, 2019

they repented

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1106523163926638592

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/they-repented.html

March 15, 2019

their words not in secret

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/their-words-not-in-secret.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1106520145130864640

March 15, 2019

competing leaders

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/competing-leaders.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1106517458666565632

March 15, 2019

these priests of God

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/these-priests-of-god.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1106514369331056640

edited March 15, 2019

My help comes from the Lord – 2 – v2

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1106506200214982657

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/my-help-comes-from-lord-2-v2.html

March 15, 2019

My help comes from the Lord – 2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/my-help-comes-from-lord-2.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1106498235160543232

March 14, 2019

a golden calf

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/a-golden-calf.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1106162699724115968

March 14, 2019

servants of God

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/servants-of-god.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1106160017424769024

March 14, 2019

to be poured out - 2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/to-be-poured-out-2.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1106157481460408320

March 14, 2019

let God use your brokenness

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/let-god-use-your-brokenness.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1106154610975219712

March 14, 2019

broken like Jesus

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/broken-like-jesus.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1106151582998122497

March 14, 2019

glory to God

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/glory-to-god.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1106146477544521734

March 14, 2019

our broken stuff

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/our-broken-stuff.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1106141317921415168

March 13, 2019

we must wrestle with God

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/we-must-wrestle-with-god.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1106031511579574272

March 13, 2019

we must sit in our brokenness

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/we-must-sit-in-our-brokenness.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1106003131186454528

March 13, 2019

sticking with the program

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1105957782048649217

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/sticking-with-program.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1105956879392538624

March 13, 2019

taking the world out of us

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/taking-world-out-of-us.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1105954337187119108

March 13, 2019

time in the desert

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/time-in-desert.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1105951959696195585

March 13, 2019

the calling of Moses

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/the-calling-of-moses.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1105948763896590337

March 13, 2019

that pivotal moment

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/that-pivotal-moment.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1105800854240673792

March 13, 2019

until God prevails

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/until-god-prevails.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1105798760095985665

March 13, 2019

fight the world, hold onto God

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/fight-world-hold-onto-god.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1105795659662311426

March 13, 2019

holding on for a blessing - 2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/holding-on-for-blessing-2.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1105793281567399936

March 13, 2019

transformed - 3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/transformed-3.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1105791206234226688

March 13, 2019

changed forever - 2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/changed-forever-2.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1105788645011795969

March 13, 2019

transformed, redeemed

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/transformed-redeemed.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1105786439722328066

March 13, 2019

a new name in God

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/a-new-name-in-god.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1105784541850095616

March 12, 2019

wrestling with God

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/wrestling-with-god-wrestling-with-god.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1105586962411515904

March 12, 2019

the deceiver

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/the-deceiver.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1105439946863792129

March 12, 2019

for a bowl of stew

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/for-bowl-of-stew.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1105433770147135489

March 12, 2019

broken, shattered

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/broken-shattered-2.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1105427607846375426

March 12, 2019

useful for the kingdom

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/useful-for-kingdom.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1105424006570745856

March 12, 2019

within our broken flesh

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/within-our-broken-flesh.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1105422478367694848

March 12, 2019

a heart for God

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/a-heart-for-god.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1105420514980495360

March 12, 2019

pour words into me

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/pour-words-into-me.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1105416997960146944

edited March 11, 2019

give God your shattered pieces – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/give-god-your-shattered-pieces-v3.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1105278912408506368

edited March 11, 2019

give God your shattered pieces – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/give-god-your-shattered-pieces-v2.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1105273257614344192

edited/ new name March 11, 2019

give God your shattered pieces

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/give-god-your-shattered-pieces.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1105253423199461376

March 11, 2019

give God your pieces

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/give-god-your-pieces.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1105249740621602816

March 11, 2019

even though we are broken - 2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/even-though-we-are-broken.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1105234152394248193

March 11, 2019

wear your scars

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/wear-your-scars.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1105231962623668225

March 11, 2019

the foolish to train the wise

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/the-foolish-to-train-wise.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1105227144546971649

March 11, 2019

broken vessels

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1105077124958949377

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/broken-vessels.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1105075791887507456

March 11, 2019

broken people - 2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/broken-people-2.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1105073594130931712

March 11, 2019

offering a sacrifice

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/offering-sacrifice.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1105071586900656128

March 11, 2019

still fighting

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1105068779204161541

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/still-fighting.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1105068086351351808

March 11, 2019

fighting brothers

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1105064700402905088

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1105064273376468992

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/fighting-brothers.html

March 10, 2019

a childless father

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/a-childless-father.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1104939747770806273

March 10, 2019

fearful, telling lies

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/fearful-telling-lies.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1104909948327247874

March 10, 2019

wait on God

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1104906847423791105

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/wait-on-god.html 

March 10, 2019

straying from the path – 2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/straying-from-path-2.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1104853707806642176

March 10, 2019

Abram went

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1104850499516461056

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/abram-went.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1104850185946124291

March 9, 2019

father of many nations

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/father-of-many-nations.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1104572038268809217

March 9, 2019

within our brokenness - 2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/within-our-brokenness-2.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1104567241780137984

March 9, 2019

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/pastorruthfoss/videos/10217369437215592/

https://8amlive.wordpress.com/2019/03/09/8-am-live-3-9-19/

https://twitter.com/PastorRuthFoss/status/1104371798471258115

part 5 of series – Epic Failures – Aaron and Miriam

by Pastor Ruth Foss

https://twitter.com/PastorRuthFoss

http://www.facebook.com/pastorruthfoss

http://www.pstruthsermons.blogspot.com

sermon blog

http://www.pstrruthfoss.blogspot.com

8AM Live

https://8amlive.wordpress.com/

meditation blog

http://pstrfoss.wordpress.com/

“God’s Whisper” blog

&

March 8, 2019

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/pastorruthfoss/videos/10217362423960265/

https://8amlive.wordpress.com/2019/03/08/8-am-live-3-8-19/

https://twitter.com/PastorRuthFoss/status/1104008895348047873

part 4 of series – Epic Failures - Moses

by Pastor Ruth Foss

&

March 7, 2019

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/pastorruthfoss/videos/10217355505667312/

https://8amlive.wordpress.com/2019/03/07/8-am-live-3-7-19/

https://twitter.com/PastorRuthFoss/status/1103646599677390849

part 3 of series – Epic Failures - Jacob

by Pastor Ruth Foss

&

March 6, 2019

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/pastorruthfoss/videos/10217348287766869/

https://8amlive.wordpress.com/2019/03/06/8-am-live-3-6-19/

https://twitter.com/PastorRuthFoss/status/1103285732662263808

part 2 of series – Epic Failures - Abraham

by Pastor Ruth Foss

&

March 9, 2019

blessed are the broken

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/blessed-are-broken.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1104546630978674688

March 9, 2019

blessed are those who are broken

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/blessed-are-those-who-are-broken.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1104531865757773824

March 9, 2019

God’s broken vessels

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/gods-broken-vessels.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1104528150514540544

edited March 9, 2019

one sacrifice for us all – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/one-sacrifice-for-us-all-v2.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1104516240817774593

March 9, 2019

one sacrifice for us all

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/one-sacrifice-for-us-all.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1104514857913802757

March 9, 2019

equal wages

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/equal-wages.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1104505654356701191

March 9, 2019

God raises up the humble

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/god-raises-up-humble.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1104428221590880257

March 9, 2019

God exalts the meek

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/god-exalts-meek.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1104425544752553985

March 9, 2019

content in the moment

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/content-in-moment.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1104417477763780608

March 9, 2019

model meekness, humbleness

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/model-meekness-humbleness.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1104414108286361600

March 9, 2019

broken but useful in God’s hand

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1104412093552386048

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/broken-but-useful-in-gods-hand.html

March 9, 2019

we are saved in Christ – 2

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1104410007750230016

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1104409549241532422

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/we-are-saved-in-christ-2.html

March 9, 2019

believing their lies

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1104407652820492290

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/believing-their-lies.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1104407185872900096

March 9, 2019

epic failures - 2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/epic-failures-2.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1104405228953190400

March 5, 2019

8AM Live

https://www.facebook.com/pastorruthfoss/videos/10217341135588069/

https://8amlive.wordpress.com/2019/03/05/8-am-live-3-5-19/

https://twitter.com/PastorRuthFoss/status/1102924541775486977

part 1 of series – Epic Failures

Colossian 1:13-14

Matthew 20:1-16

& cordless, back on the base again – part 5

by Pastor Ruth Foss

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 52,120 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

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